Sites that use the .onion top-level domain are privacy-focused websites that are only accessible using the Tor network.

The Tor network was created in the early 2000s as a project at the Naval Research Laboratory, a research institute of the U.S. Army. Since 2006, the independent non-profit organization The Tor Project ...

In September 2024, the Germany’s federal criminal police (BKA) and the public prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt, Germany were able to report a success: The suspected operators of the darknet platform ...

The Tor network and VPNs both promise to boost your online anonymity—but that’s pretty much where the similarities end. I break down what each one does and how they compare to help you figure out ...

The Tor Project, known for its highly anonymous Tor browser, has just expanded into VPNs. The company's first "experimental" ...

The Tor network is in danger of being swamped by criminals abusing its anonymity to hide an underworld of parasitic botnets, malicious command and control and ‘darknet’ markets, according to research ...

Identifying users who access Tor hidden services—websites that are only accessible inside the Tor anonymity network—is easier than de-anonymizing users who use Tor to access regular Internet websites.

Privacy has become a keystone for keeping your information safe and preventing third parties from creating consumer profiles that could then be used for targeted ...

19 Tor exit relays used self-signed certificates to launch man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS and SSH connections Computer scientists found almost 20 exit relays in the Tor anonymity network that ...

Rochester Institute of Technology cybersecurity professor Billy Brumley is helping shed light on dark corners of the internet. Brumley and a multidisciplinary group of researchers from around the ...

Speek! is a new encrypted chat service that uses Tor to offer secure communication Your email has been sent Is your communication safe? Are you certain? Does the tool you use encrypt and anonymize ...